I am not entirely clear about the use of  ´-digi gibi´ >

Sometimes it seems to mean ´Just as ...´  while sometimes it seems to mean ´As soon as ...´?

For example:

1) Yaðmur yaðmadiði gibi, guneþ de açmadi >  Just as it was not raining, the sun was also not shining.  

2) Haberi aldigi gibi yola çýktý > As soon as [the person] received the news, he/she began the journey.

[I suppose one could say: He/she began the journey, just as the person received the news] > but ´Just as ...´ in the first sentence means ´comaprison, likeness in shape/condition´.  While in the second sentence it means ´as soon as´ or coincidence of time.

In some text books, ´-digi gibi´ is explicitly defined to mean ´AS SOON AS´.

In my own head, I can´t get rid of the idea of ´Likeness of shape/condition´ because of ´GIBI´, like in> Odun gibi, onun gibi, kahve gibi, soylediðini gibi, bildiðini gibi etc.

Please clarify ... or is it a matter of colloquial usage ... and one simply has to accept it?

Tazx1

I think you´re asking whether you use -diði gibi to compare two conditions or to express time relationship between them. From what I´ve read I think you can use it in both instances, namely, to express: "as soon as he (she/it) does/did", or "as he (she/it) does/did". Maybe it´ll be easier if you think of "-diði gibi" as meaning "as" and forget about the "as soon as" part of it. Just like in English you can use "as" to say: "I left as he started to talk" and "I think as he thinks", in Turkish you can use "-diði gibi" in both instances as well. I think the precise meaning will come from the context.

Si++  and melek7 thanks ever so much.  Both suggestions are very apt.

Tazx1